RE: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request
Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS request from one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do everything I want using the CURL library. But the ISP I am using does not have the CURL library installed. I'll ask them if they'll install this library. But, assuming they don't, do I have any other options for doing what I want? -- JR Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they might have curl installed and available from the command line. If you want to do CLEINT-side HTTP requests i think you can use the MSXML-HTTP object within JS, but only if the objects are installed, and this may only be avail inside IE5.5 However, if you want to do it on the server you can do it using sockets. someone helped me with this a month or so ago, mail me for the code. .b -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request
I'm quite new to PHP (though I have lots of programming experience, web otherwise). Where can I learn more about what installed and available from the command line means? -Original Message- From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:19 PM To: Jonathan Rosenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS request from one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do everything I want using the CURL library. But the ISP I am using does not have the CURL library installed. I'll ask them if they'll install this library. But, assuming they don't, do I have any other options for doing what I want? -- JR Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they might have curl installed and available from the command line. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request
What i meant was the actual curl application is installed on the server. Accessible from the command line at, for example, /usr/local/bin/curl With PHP you can execute commands via the command line via system(), exec() or via the backtick (for example $output=`/usr/local/bin/curl request`;) operator. You also might be able to load the extension via dl() and compile it on your own, but i wouldn't recommend that. First try the command line option, then ask your ISP to install then extension. Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I'm quite new to PHP (though I have lots of programming experience, web otherwise). Where can I learn more about what installed and available from the command line means? -Original Message- From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:19 PM To: Jonathan Rosenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS request from one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do everything I want using the CURL library. But the ISP I am using does not have the CURL library installed. I'll ask them if they'll install this library. But, assuming they don't, do I have any other options for doing what I want? -- JR Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they might have curl installed and available from the command line. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request
AHhh ... got it. If my ISP won't install CURL they don't have the application, can I download binaries to my directory execute it from there using PHP? or, does the executable have to run with special permissions? -Original Message- From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:35 PM To: Jonathan Rosenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request What i meant was the actual curl application is installed on the server. Accessible from the command line at, for example, /usr/local/bin/curl With PHP you can execute commands via the command line via system(), exec() or via the backtick (for example $output=`/usr/local/bin/curl request`;) operator. You also might be able to load the extension via dl() and compile it on your own, but i wouldn't recommend that. First try the command line option, then ask your ISP to install then extension. Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I'm quite new to PHP (though I have lots of programming experience, web otherwise). Where can I learn more about what installed and available from the command line means? -Original Message- From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:19 PM To: Jonathan Rosenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS request from one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do everything I want using the CURL library. But the ISP I am using does not have the CURL library installed. I'll ask them if they'll install this library. But, assuming they don't, do I have any other options for doing what I want? -- JR Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they might have curl installed and available from the command line. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request
Yeah, you can download and install it within your home directory and call it from there. As far as permissions go, chmod a+x curl should do it. Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: AHhh ... got it. If my ISP won't install CURL they don't have the application, can I download binaries to my directory execute it from there using PHP? or, does the executable have to run with special permissions? -Original Message- From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:35 PM To: Jonathan Rosenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request What i meant was the actual curl application is installed on the server. Accessible from the command line at, for example, /usr/local/bin/curl With PHP you can execute commands via the command line via system(), exec() or via the backtick (for example $output=`/usr/local/bin/curl request`;) operator. You also might be able to load the extension via dl() and compile it on your own, but i wouldn't recommend that. First try the command line option, then ask your ISP to install then extension. Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I'm quite new to PHP (though I have lots of programming experience, web otherwise). Where can I learn more about what installed and available from the command line means? -Original Message- From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:19 PM To: Jonathan Rosenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS request from one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do everything I want using the CURL library. But the ISP I am using does not have the CURL library installed. I'll ask them if they'll install this library. But, assuming they don't, do I have any other options for doing what I want? -- JR Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they might have curl installed and available from the command line. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
